04 & UP NISSAN TITAN FRONT 2.0” LEVELING KIT INSTALLATION

INSTRUCTION PART NO 15285
LEVELING KIT NO 3825
04 & UP NISSAN TITAN FRONT 2.0” LEVELING KIT
INSTALLATION
READ INSTRUCTIONS/WARNINGS COMPLETELY THROUGH BEFORE STARTING.
FAILURE TO ADHERE TO THE INSTRUCTIONS WILL VOID ANY GROUND FORCE WARRANTY
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT INSTALLATION BE DONE BY A QUALIFIED MECHANIC.
REPLACE ALL STOCK PARTS THAT ARE DAMAGED OR WORN.
INTERMIXING OF PARTS IS NOT RECOMMENDED AND WILL VOID THE WARRANTY.
ALWAYS WEAR EYE PROTECTION.
ALWAYS USE PROPERLY RATED SAFETY STANDS WHENEVER A PROCEDURE REQUIRES
YOU TO BE UNDER A VEHICLE. KNOW AND FOLLOW ALL SAFE WORK PRACTICES TO
AVOID SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
NOTE: WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING A GROUND FORCE PREMIUM LEVELING KIT.
THIS KIT IS MANUFACTURED FROM HIGH QUALITY MADE IN THE USA MATERIALS. THE HIGH
STRENGTH URETHANE THAT WE USE FOR OUR SPACERS IS HEAT RESISTANCE, IMPACT
RESISTANCE AND ALSO HAS A EXCELLENT RESISTANCE TO OIL, SOLVENTS AND MANY OTHER
CHEMICALS. WE ALSO USE HIGH STRENGTH 4140 MATERIAL FOR OUR STRUT EXTENDERS THAT
HAS BEEN HEAT TREATED, BLACK ZINC COATED AND AFTER BAKED TO RELIVE ANY HYDROGEN
EMBRITTLEMENT. THIS KIT HAS A LIMITED LIFETIME WARRANTY.
CHECK TO SEE THAT ALL PARTS LISTED ARE INCLUDED.
2- STRUT SPACERS
1- INSTRUCTION SHEET
6- STRUT EXTENDERS 1- PARTS PACK
1- GROUND FORCE WARNING DECAL
FRONT STRUT SPACER INSTALLATION PROCEDURE.
MEASURE AND DOCUMENT THE VEHICLE HEIGHT FROM FLOOR TO FENDER LIP.
LF___________ RF___________ LR___________ RR ____________
1. BEFORE GETTING UNDER VEHICLE, JACK THE FRONT OF VEHICLE UP AND PLACE
STANDS UNDER THE FRAME RAILS. LOWER THE VEHICLE ONTO JACK STANDS AND
MAKE SURE STANDS ARE SECURELY HOLDING THE VEHICLE.
2. REMOVE TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY.
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3. CHECK THE ANTILOCK BRAKE WIRE AND BRAKE LINE FOR CLEARANCE FROM THE FRAME TO
STEERING KNUCKLE.
ANTILOCK BRAKE
AND BRAKE LINE
LOCATION
4. SUPPORT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM AND REMOVE THE SWAY BAR CONNECTING LINK
FROM THE SWAY BAR AND LOWER CONTROL ARM ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE,
SAVE HARDWARE.
UPPER CONTROL
ARM/ UPPER BALL
JOINT
DISCONNECTED
FROM THE SPINDLE
FACTORY
COIL /STRUT
ASSEMBLY
UPPER BALL JOINT
TO SPINDLE
MOUNTING POINT
OUTER TIE ROD TO
SPINDLE MOUNTING
OUTER TIE ROD
POINT
SWAY BAR TO
LOWER CONTROL
ARM CONNECTING
LINK MOUNTING
POINT
JACK SUPPORTING
LOWER CONTROL
ARM
5. REMOVE THE FACTORY TIE ROD COTTER PIN, LOOSEN THE TIE ROD NUT, TAP ON THE
SPINDLE WITH A MALLET TO POP THE TIE ROD LOOSE FROM THE SPINDLE. REMOVE THE
OUTER TIE ROD FROM THE SPINDLE, SAVE NUT.
6. SUPPORT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM, REMOVE THE FACTORY UPPER BALL JOINT COTTER PIN,
LOOSEN THE UPPER BALL JOINT NUT, TAP ON THE SPINDLE WITH A MALLET TO POP THE
UPPER BALL LOOSE FROM THE SPINDLE. REMOVE THE UPPER BALL JOINT NUT AND REMOVE
THE UPPER BALL JOINT FROM THE SPINDLE, SAVE THE BALL JOINT NUT FOR REASSEMBLY.
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7. SECURE THE TOP OF THE SPINDLE IN TOWARD THE VEHICLE SO THE ½ SHAFT DOES NOT
COME APART OR COME OUT OF THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. MARK THE STRUTS LEFT AND RIGHT
ALSO PLACE INDEX MARKS ON THEM SO THAT THEY CAN BE INSTALLED IN THE CORRECT
LOCATION.
BAR OVER THE UPPER CONTROL
ARM TO HELP REMOVE AND
INSTALL UPPER BALL JOINT TO
SPINDLE
STRAP SECURING THE SPINDLE
ASSEMBLE SO THAT THE AXLE
HALF SHAFT DOES NOT COME
APART WHILE DOING THIS
PROCEDURE.
8. LOOSEN THE UPPER THREE OUTER NUTS ATTACHING THE STRUT ASSEMBLY TO THE VEHICLE
FRAME. DO NOT LOOSEN THE CENTER STRUT TO UPPER MOUNT NUT.
LOOSENING THE THREE
OUTER UPPER STRUT
MOUNTING NUTS.
9. REMOVE THE FACTORY BOLT HOLDING THE LOWER STRUT TO THE LOWER CONTROL ARM.
(SAVE HARDWARE)
LOWER STRUT MOUNT TO
LOWER CONTROL ARM
NOTE: MAY HAVE TO USE A BAR
TO REMOVE THE PRESSURE ON
THE LOWER STRUT HARDWARE
TO EASE HARDWARE REMOVAL
AND INSTALLATION.
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10. LOWER THE JACK SLIGHTLY UNDER THE LOWER CONTROL ARM REMOVE THE STRUT ASSEMBLY
FROM THE VEHICLE.
11. SUPPORT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM/SPINDLE ASSEMBLY SO THAT THE CV AXLE AND BRAKE
LINES ARE NOT OVER EXTENDED.
12. REPEAT STRUT REMOVAL PROCEDURE TO OTHER SIDE OF VEHICLE.
13. STRUT EXTENDER INSTALLATION PROCEDURE.
A. APPLY A FEW DROPS OF THE SUPPLIED THREAD LOCKER TO EACH OF THE FACTORY STRUT
STUDS.
HIGH STRENGTH THREAD
LOCKER BEING APPLIED
TO LOCK THE NEW
STRUT EXTENDERS IN
PLACE.
B. INSTALL THE THREE SUPPLIED STRUT EXTENDERS PER STRUT AND TIGHTEN USING A
5/8” WRENCH.
STRUT EXTENDERS BEING
INSTALLED OVER THE FACTORY
STRUT UPPER MOUNTING
STUDS.
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14. INSTALL THE SUPPLIED URETHANE STRUT SPACER OVER THE STRUT EXTENDERS ON TOP OF
THE FACTORY STRUT MOUNT, USE NISSAN BOLT HOLE PATTERN NO 3.
URETHANE SPACER BEING
INSTALLED OVER THE STRUT
EXTENDERS, USING NISSAN
BOLT HOLE PATTERN NO 3.
15. STRUT AND NEW STRUT SPACER ASSEMBLY INSTALLATION.
INSTALL ASSEMBLY INTO
THE FACTORY MOUNTING
HOLE LOCATION.
STRUT WITH NEW
LEVELING SPACER
ASSEMBLY MOUNTED TO
THE TOP.
A. INSTALL THE STRUT ASSEMBLY UP INTO THE STOCK LOCATION.
B. ALIGN AND INSTALL THE THREE STUDS UP INTO THE THREE HOLES IN THE FRAME UPPER
MOUNT.
C. INSTALL THE SUPPLIED THREE UPPER STRUT M10 WASHERS AND LOCKNUTS (JUST SNUG).
D. USING THE FACTORY HARDWARE ALIGN AND INSTALL THE LOWER STRUT MOUNT INTO THE
LOWER CONTROL ARM FACTORY STRUT MOUNT.(JUST SNUG THE HARDWARE @ THIS TIME).
E. JACK THE LOWER CONTROL ARM UP SLIGHTLY AND SECURE. USING A LARGE BAR, PRY DOWN
ON THE UPPER CONTROL ARM AND REINSTALL THE UPPER BALL JOINT INTO THE SPINDLE.
INSTALL THE FACTORY UPPER BALL JOINT NUT, TORQUE TO SPEC AND INSTALL THE
SUPPLIED COTTER PIN.
F. TORQUE THE UPPER THREE STRUT NUTS TO 35 FT. LBS. (DO NOT USE AIR TOOLS TO
TIGHTEN THE UPPER STRUT NUTS).
G. TORQUE THE LOWER STRUT FACTORY HARDWARE TO SPEC.
H. REPEAT STRUT ASSEMBLY INSTALLATION PROCEDURE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF VEHICLE.
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16. REINSTALL THE TIE RODS TO THE SPINDLES, TORQUE THE TIE ROD NUTS TO SPEC AND
INSTALL THE SUPPLIED COTTER PINS.
17. REINSTALL THE SWAY BAR CONNECTING LINKS INTO FACTORY LOCATION. LINE UP AND
INSTALL THE FACTORY CONNECTING LINK HARDWARE THEN TORQUE BOTH SIDES TO SPEC.
18. CHECK THE ANTILOCK BRAKE WIRE AND BRAKE LINE FOR CLEARANCE AND ADJUST IF
NECESSARY.
19. MAKE SURE ALL FASTENERS EFFECTED BY THIS PROCEDURE ARE TORQUED TO
FACTORY SPEC.
20. REINSTALL TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY.
21. CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL INSTALLATION STEPS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
CHECK ALL NUTS AND BOLTS FOR TORQUE AFTER THE FIRST 300 MILES AND AT EVERY
ROUTINE SERVICE INSPECTION.
22. JACK THE VEHICLE UP AND REMOVE STANDS, THEN LET THE VEHICLE DOWN.
23. MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO CLEARANCE PROBLEMS. ROTATE THE STEERING LOCK TO
LOCK UNDER FULL WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE AND FULL SUSPENSION TRAVEL. MAKE SURE TO
DOUBLE CHECK THE BRAKE LINE /ANTI LOCK WIRE TO TIRE/WHEEL CLEARANCE @ THIS TIME.
24. GO BACK AND CHECK THAT ALL INSTALLATION STEPS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
25. ROAD TEST VEHICLE.
26. MAKE SURE TO INSTALL THE SUPPLIED WARNING DECAL FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS
INCLUDED WITH THE WARNING INFORMATION SHEET.
27. MAKE SURE TO KEEP THESE INSTRUCTIONS WITH THE VEHICLE.
28. THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO HAVE A FRONT END ALIGNMENT PERFORMED IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF THIS KIT IS COMPLETE. THE FACTORY CAM BOLTS WILL
NEED TO BE ADJUSTED TO THE FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS.
29. READJUST THE HEADLIGHTS TO THE PROPER SETTINGS.
WARNING: AGAIN CHECK TIRE AND WHEEL CLEARANCE BEFORE MOVING VEHICLE.
ALSO CHECK CLEARANCE IF INSTALLING NEW TIRES AND/OR WHEELS.
NOTE:
INSTALLATION OF WHEELS WITH BACKSPACING OTHER THAN STOCK
MAY CHANGE THE VEHICLE HEIGHT AND ALSO EFFECT THE FRONT END
ALIGNMENT.
WARNING:
INSTALLER/DEALER IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO INSTALL THE SUPPLIED WARNING LABEL
WHERE VISIBLE TO ALL OCCUPANTS AND FORWARD THE SUPPLIED WARNING SHEET & AND
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS TO THE END USER. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO
PART NO 15237 WARNING SHEET THAT IS INCLUDED WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
IF YOU WOULD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS KIT PLEASE CALL 724-430-2068 AND ASK
FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE.
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